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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Pronggilled Mayflies (Leptophlebiidae) » Leptophlebia
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Mayfly - Leptophlebia - male
Copyright © 2012 Jon Rapp

Mayfly - Leptophlebia - Male
George Sims Place, Douglas County, Missouri, USA
April 28, 2012
Found in spiderweb during the day. Could this be the Mayfly - Isonychia?
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Contributed by Jon Rapp on 11 August, 2012 - 3:19pm
Last updated 12 August, 2012 - 11:54am

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… Roger Rohrbeck, 11 August, 2012 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

Leptophlebia
Hi Jon-

Really nice photo. I believe your mayfly male imago to be of genus Leptophlebia. The reason it has only two tails is that its terminal filament (middle tail) appears to have broken off.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 11 August, 2012 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Right Tail Is Missimg
Hi Jon,

Upon closer examination of the tails on your photo, I now notice that it's actually the right tail which is missing, as the middle tail (terminal filament), which is shorter and of smaller diameter (a characteristic of Leptophlebia) is actually present, but just being held (by a strand of the web) in a position making it appear to be the right tail.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 12 August, 2012 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Roger!
Ah, The Black Quill spent spinner. O.K. I'll tie one on for my fellow TU members!

Your website is nicely done. Well worth the visit to:

http://www.flyfishingentomology.com/index.html
… Jon Rapp, 12 August, 2012 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

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